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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 02, 2018
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Natsuo Takagawa, Hinocho, JP;
Kazuharu Yoshinaga, Hinocho, JP;
Toshikazu Kato, Hinocho, JP;
Yusuke Morimoto, Hinocho, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An article transport vehicle includes an obstacle sensor having a detection area that includes at least the width of the own vehicle and that expands in the advancing direction, controls the travel of the own vehicle, based on as front inter-object distance corresponding to own-vehicle position information indicating a position of the own vehicle and front object position information indicating a position on a track of a front object that is located in front of the own vehicle and whose position on the track is specified, and sets a length of the detection area E along the advancing direction of the obstacle sensor to be variable according to the front inter-object distance such that the length is less than the front inter-object distance.
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